While I shouldn't bother with some of you guys piling on the USPS me too movement I will make the same offer I usually do. Send me a PM with tracking number and I'll see if I can offer any insight.
Now I'll try to explain what I know from talking to people who still work there. When the new PMG took over a lot of changes were made. I'll give you a quick example. When I was plant manager in OKC we would sometimes have machines go down and cause some mail to be processed late. I had to decide to hold the trucks or dispatch what we had and keep the rest until the next day. One of the new rules is trucks run on time with our without the mail. A stupid arbitrary requirement that results in late mail sometimes. Other asinine rules have been placed into effect that are as bad or worse.
Since Covid people have been staying home and ordering more online stuff than ever. Record package volumes are a result. Covid has also had a major impact on employee scheduling. John Doe tests positive and he's out for however long. You get the picture. There has also been a big relaxation of accountability. Instead of expecting employees to show up on time and work it's more about how they feel about their job today. This trend started before I left which is part of the reason I retired 3 days after I became eligible. It's more like a daycare center for adults as it is in a lot of places now.
USPS goes to every delivery point 6 days a week. Companies like UPS have contracted with them to deliver "the last mile". The problem is the tracking when the mail is handed off. I could go more into this but most of you wouldn't know or care what the explanation is. We all want our stuff on time. I'm as bad as anyone else anticipating the arrival of some new thing I've ordered. Usually I get it, open it, get that rush of having a new thing, and then might actually use it in the next week or 2.
I've got great news though! They are hiring so if some of you guys want to show them how it's done step on up.
I agree they have some problems and if they would hire me back as a consultant I could fix them all, or so I think. Meanwhile I'll just sit here by the window and watch for my lazy late mail carrier to bring me stuff.
Now I'll try to explain what I know from talking to people who still work there. When the new PMG took over a lot of changes were made. I'll give you a quick example. When I was plant manager in OKC we would sometimes have machines go down and cause some mail to be processed late. I had to decide to hold the trucks or dispatch what we had and keep the rest until the next day. One of the new rules is trucks run on time with our without the mail. A stupid arbitrary requirement that results in late mail sometimes. Other asinine rules have been placed into effect that are as bad or worse.
Since Covid people have been staying home and ordering more online stuff than ever. Record package volumes are a result. Covid has also had a major impact on employee scheduling. John Doe tests positive and he's out for however long. You get the picture. There has also been a big relaxation of accountability. Instead of expecting employees to show up on time and work it's more about how they feel about their job today. This trend started before I left which is part of the reason I retired 3 days after I became eligible. It's more like a daycare center for adults as it is in a lot of places now.
USPS goes to every delivery point 6 days a week. Companies like UPS have contracted with them to deliver "the last mile". The problem is the tracking when the mail is handed off. I could go more into this but most of you wouldn't know or care what the explanation is. We all want our stuff on time. I'm as bad as anyone else anticipating the arrival of some new thing I've ordered. Usually I get it, open it, get that rush of having a new thing, and then might actually use it in the next week or 2.
I've got great news though! They are hiring so if some of you guys want to show them how it's done step on up.
I agree they have some problems and if they would hire me back as a consultant I could fix them all, or so I think. Meanwhile I'll just sit here by the window and watch for my lazy late mail carrier to bring me stuff.
